Cricket Canada has announced the candidates for this weekend’s elections for the board. All positions are up for election apart from Treasurer following questions regarding the conduct of last year’s election meaning that positions elected for 2 year terms are up for election again already. We’ve enlisted the help of Google to provide some background on the candidates:-
President
Abigail Rajkumar – stood in 2017, former National Women’s Team Manager, involved with many aspects of women’s cricket in Canada
Ranjit Saini – incumbent, long time Cricket Canada board member.
Vice President
Rashpal Bajwa – incumbent, past president Cricket BC
Secretary
Sanjeev Kad – high level umpire from Calgary, stood for Calgary City council last year
Mohan Kumar – stood in 2017; secretary of Cricket BC for 8 years
Amanda Pooran – almost no information on line, no apparent cricket connections
Director At Large (4 positions)
Amjad Bajwa – president Cricket BC
Zahoor Butt – stood in 2017, President Mississauga Cricket League
Clary Dias – Toronto based, no apparent cricket administration experience based on Google.
Amit Joshi – Cricket Nova Scotia president, former Cricket Canada VP, incumbent director
Sanjeev Kad – stood in 2017, Calgary based businessman, stood for Calgary council in 2017, high level umpire
Praim Persaud – President of Cricket Council of Ontario , President of Brampton/Etobicoke Cricket League (2nd Largest League) for over 28 years, incumbent director
Abigail Rajkumar
Mohammed Shaikh – president of the Toronto and District Cricket Association, incumbent director
Mike Sharma, former CC director, current Secretary, former SCA president, involved with national teams as manager
Qasim Virk – Junior coordinator, Alberta CA, Calgary based
All the current board, apart from Dave Liverman (Canada Cricket Online volunteer, President of Cricket NL) are standing for re-election. It is good to see two women standing- Abigail Rajkumar, who also stood in last year’s elections, and Amanda Pooran. Most candidates have a strong background in cricket administration at club or provincial level, although it is hard to find much on-line for Amanda Pooran or Clary Dias. Seven of the candidates are from the greater Toronto area, three from BC, two from Alberta, and one from each of Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia.
The voting structure of Cricket Canada is based on numbers of clubs in each province- 1 vote for up to 25 teams, 2 votes for 26-50, 3 for 51 to 75, and 4 for over 75. Ontario and BC each get four votes, and tend to dominate the election process. Don’t be surprised to see the incumbents all re-elected, with candidates from BC filling in the vacant spots….
Cricket clubs, players and volunteers with an interest in the process and an opinion on the candidates are encouraged to contact their provincial representative, who wil lbe casting votes on Saturday.